American Apparel models are depressed (and creepy)

I understand models aren’t allowed to smile or reflect emotion but this is depression to the extreme:



Actually, it might just be creepy.

When I was younger (I’m thinking teenage years here) I went through a phase of subscribing to countless fashion magazines and store catalogs that I would get incredibly excited over. Oh, like every girl, I wanted to be pretty and have the right clothes. American Apparel wasn’t around in those days but if it had been I believe it would have utterly confused me. You see I became familiar with gorgeous, classically beautiful models. To this day, this is the kind of image I have in my mind. In the case of American Apparel their models tend to frighten me. Also, in many cases I have to stop and wonder, "What is she wearing? A plastic bag with zebra striped shorts? Is that what kids are wearing these days?”


* The images used in this post are courtesy of American Apparel.